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Advisers bolster client book amid compliance burden: CoreData

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
Financial advice practices are serving more clients, charging higher fees and reporting record levels of satisfaction with their licensees, despite the weight of compliance, according to CoreData. The average number of clients per practice has increased ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... specific managed investment schemes, including Shield and First Guardian. Upon reviewing the advice provided, ASIC said an adviser of Monte Silva's experience should have been aware he was not acting in the clients' best interests when he provided Statements ...

Adviser of MWL, UGC banned for seven years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
Melbourne-based financial adviser Louis Van Coppenhagen has been banned from providing financial services for seven years over a series of misconduct when he was an authorised representative of MWL Financial Services (MWL) and United Global Capital ...

FAAA Award winners announced

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... professional judgement to adapt and deliver client first advice in times of considerable client distress." The FAAA Adviser of the Year Award honoured Prominent Financial Services senior financial adviser and director Christine Swanson. Since the start ...

Financial Standard managing editor wins Journalist of the Year Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... for small-to-medium businesses. On the night, Health & Finance Integrated's William John took home the Financial Adviser of the Year Award. The Outstanding Achievement Award for this category went to Hayes & Co Insurance's Trish Gregory. Wealth ...

FAAA names new board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... Mark O'Flynn of Oxlade Financial, and Stephan Independent Advisory's Joe Stephan. Those competing for the FAAA Adviser of the Year Award are Nikki Booth from My Wealth Solutions, Adam Lai of Green Associates, and Christine Swanson from Prominent ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... goes on from there." Several financial advisers are within ASIC's crosshairs. For example, principal and financial adviser of Venture Egg, Ferras Merhi is under investigation after he and his advisers invested about $296 million of their clients' ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
About three years ago, robo-advisers, one by one, began dropping like flies. The likes of Six Park, Upstreet and Advice Intelligence either folded or were acquired. Even Ellerston Capital's ethically based robo-adviser, which launched in early 2023 ...

FAAA award finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has named the finalists in its annual awards program, including Adviser of the Year. The awards acknowledge members who are committed to delivering the highest standards of trusted and professional advice ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... Group Australia (FSGA). In February, the Federal Court froze the assets of Merhi. He is the principal and financial adviser of Venture Egg, an authorised representative of Sequoia Financial Group's InterPrac Financial Planning. The court slapped ...
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